Hostile History: Passenger Planes Shot Down Before

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June 14, 1940: Kaleva

In the early days of World War II, a Finnish commercial flight was shot down by two Soviet Ilyushin DB-3T bombers while en route from Tallinn, Estonia, to Helsinki, Finland. The Junkers Ju 52/3m airliner, called the Kaleva, carried nine passengers, including two crew, according to Historic Wings, an online aviation magazine. One of the passengers was Henry W. Antheil Jr., an American diplomat and courier who was carrying secret documents Americans had obtained about the Soviets' plan to occupy the Baltic States. The Soviets learned that he was carrying diplomatic pouches, and the two bombers downed the passenger plane about 10 minutes after it took off. All nine aboard were killed.

July 27, 1955: El Al Flight 402

Israeli jet El Al Flight 402, an international passenger flight, was flying from Vienna, Austria, to Tel Aviv, Israel via Istanbul when it strayed into Bulgarian airspace. The plane was shot down by two Bulgarian MiG-15 jet fighters and crashed near Petrich, Bulgaria, killing all 51 passengers and seven crew aboard. The shootdown of the Lockheed L-049 Constellation four-engine propliner happened during a time of strained relations in the Cold War between the Eastern Bloc and the West.

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Feb. 21, 1973: Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 April 20, 1978: Korean Air Lines Flight 902

 

Sept. 1, 1983: Korean Air Lines Flight 007

 

July 3, 1988: Iran Air Flight 655 Aircraft

 

September 1993: Transair Georgia shootdowns

 

October 4, 2001: Siberian Airlines Flight 1812

 

 

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/what-passenger-flights-have-been-shot-down-n158491

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